WESH 2 is learning more about the man who was shot and killed trying to save a woman from her husband during a shooting inside a Florida mall.

WESH 2 is learning more about the man who was shot and killed trying to save a woman from her husband during a shooting inside a Florida mall.

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Updated: 4:41 PM EST Jan 19, 2015

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WEBVTT IN HIGH DEFINITION. WE ARE LEARNING 340R ABOUT THE MAN SHOT AND KILLED TRYING TO SAVE A WOMAN FROM HER HUSBAND INSIDE A LOCAL MALL. GFRN I'M JIM PAYNE. I'M MEREDITH. LEONARD COPPOLA WAS OWNER OPERATOR OF A RESTAURANT INSIDE THE MALL. HE LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND CHILD. THE GUNMAN KILLED HIMSELF IN THE FOOD COURT. HIS WIFE IS IN THE HOSPITAL. WESH 2'S DAN BILLOW HAS THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. CANDLES AND FLOWERS DECORATE THE COUNTER AT SCOTTO'S PIZZA AT MELBOURNE SQUARE MALL. LEONARDO HAD JUST OPENED THE BUSINESS IN OCTOBER. HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED SATURDAY BY A MAN WHO ALSO SHOT HIS OWN WIFE WHO WORKED AT THE PIZZA SHOP THEMSELVES. HE IS THE OWNER OF THE PIZZA. HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WHOLE THING. TRYING TO PROTECT THE LADY AND HE GOT SHOT. PEOPLE ARE DYING, GETTING SHOT. THEY JUST KEPT YELLING. COPPOLA HAD A WIFE AND CHILD. HE WAS FROM NEW JERSEY AND ACCORDING TO A FRIEND WAS JUST IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING HERE AND ESTABLISHING HIMSELF BY RUNNING THE PIZZA PLACE HERE AT THE MALL. HE'S SUPER NICE. HE WAS ALWAYS SWEET. WHEN HE FIRST OPENED HE CAME AND MADE SURE THAT WE KNEW HE WAS OPENING. POLICE INDICATE THE PIZZA SHOP EMPLOYEE IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL IN GOOD CONDITION AND IS HELPING WITH THE INVESTIGATION. AT THE SHOP, CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS LEFT NOTES. ONE SAYS... THANK YOU FOR THE AWESOME GLUTEN FREE PIZZA YOU MADE ME FOR CHRISTMAS I WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR KINDNESS AND SMILE. FRIENDS SAY COPPOLA HAD NO INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH

Witness: Man killed in mall shooting tried to protect employee

WESH 2 is learning more about the man who was shot and killed trying to save a woman from her husband during a shooting inside a Florida mall.